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The Hurricanes don’t have any five-star recruits among next year’s commitments, but they do have 11 four-star prospects. UM’s class (26 commitments) is ranked sixth by Rivals. FSU (25 commitments) is ranked seventh.

Yup. Sucks. Losing to FSU, it is what it is. They're the better team, tip of the hat to them, and I'll root for them if they play Bama in the NC. But losing Duke in the process sucks. He's a good kid who doesn't deserve it. He's not built for a heavy load but that's the only way we can win with Morris being so ass at football. Much rather an ankle injury than a knee injury. He'll be back next year, and hopefully won't need to be run into the ground.

Believe me ,when I say I would rather play FSU in the title game...except because of the crappy conference FSU plays in they wil not get the chance if Oregon wins out.
Miami did show that FSU has some flaws.
Oregon or FSU...I doesn't matter to me.I just hope we win out to get there...

If you don't win out. You don't get there. An undefeated FSU vs an undefeated Oregon would be the title game. You'd be playing for second fiddle at best.

And leave our ****ty little conference out of it. This is the strongest we've looking in years and that not saying much

Hell bro...I was pulling for Miami...my thing is...FSU isn't this unbeatable juggernaught...Miami left plays on the field with some spooty
execution on offense and some head scratching defensive calls.
Bama has the horses on offense to exploit FSU...and I'll take Saban with a month to get ready..Plus that FSU defense is Saban-lite.
I promise you,him and Kirby know what Pruitt is trying to do.
But It's all good...still a lot football to be played...hell..Bama,Oregon and FSU could all fall and then we would have to watch that
SOB Urban Meyer back his way in.

Back when FSU was a championship caliber team in the 90's, they dominated recruiting in the Mobile area. Alabama suffered because of it. It's interesting to see Bama and Florida St. battle for recruiting in this area again. Once Bama began to dominate recruiting in the Mobile area again, they built a dynasty. People don't realize it, but the Mobile area is the key to recruiting in the south.

Coach Pruitt has brought Saban's principles to the defensive side of the ball for FSU. That's why they're legitimate and not just a bunch of underdeveloped, hyped recruits like they have been in recent years. I can watch FSU's secondary and see a tremendous difference. They locate the football in the air now. This is a must in order to play for Saban.

Alabama better be ready for LSU. They always get up for Alabama and play tough. They're balance on offense is going to provide a difficult challenge for Alabama. Landry, Beckham, and Jeremy Hill are absolute studs that will be playing on Sundays soon.

Gambling aside, from a football perspective the blueprint that gives Alabama the most trouble is the one set by Texas A&M. Oregon resembles this blueprint much more than Florida St.

You're not going to line up and "out-Alabama" Alabama by trying to play their game better than they do. And especially not after Saban has 5 weeks to prepare, and the players 5 weeks to get healthy from the SEC grind.

Here's the thing, Florida St.'s front 7 is small. They had trouble keeping Miami from running the ball on 'em. That's not a good matchup for Florida St. against what the Crimson Tide bring to the party.

Sileo did not take kindly to a gesture from one of the Noles, and offered a $1,000 reward for any Miami player to take running back Devonta Freeman out "in six weeks;" referring to the possible rematch against Florida State in the ACC Championship Game. Unfortunately, the picture Sileo included was of defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan, who also wears No. 8.